Opium lamp
A brass opium oil lamp, fully cylindrical, decorated with a net ornament. The recognisable motifs include representations of animals (including fish, crab, and rat) and the stylised character “long life” (shou 夀). The lamp is covered by an umbrella-like lid with a chain. (HM)
Material description: brass
Manufacturing technique: metalworking techniques
Dimensions: height: 16,3 cm, radius: 8.2 cm
No. of parts: 1
Current owner: Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Date of the last acquisition: 1963
Previous owners and periods of ownership: Ivan Skušek, Jr. and Tsuneko Kondō Kawase - Marija Skušek, National Museum of Slovenia, Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Object condition, handling and damage: well preserved
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